ReviewCurrent obesity reports2025
How Weight Bias and Stigma Undermine Healthcare Access and Utilization.
Review in Current obesity reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Intersectionality in Weight Stigma Research: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
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- Weight discrimination and metabolic syndrome: Examining discrimination attributions and frequency across settings.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
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- Beyond the Scale: Setting Goals for Outcomes Beyond Weight in Evidence-based Obesity Treatment.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Reassessing BMI-based access to joint replacement surgery.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Stigmatizing attitudes and misconceptions about obesity among Spanish healthcare professionals.PloS one · 2026Article
- How Does Weight Stigma Impact Healthcare Settings? Evidence From Chilean Patients Seeking Healthcare.Journal of obesity · 2026Article
- Healthcare discrimination, healthcare avoidance, and self-rated health in a sample of American Indians with type 2 diabetes.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Perceptions, attitudes, and practices influencing management of obesity in Ireland-The Awareness, Care and Treatment in Obesity maNagement, (ACTION) Ireland study.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- Addressing weight stigma and communicating with patients.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Review
- Primary Care Physicians' Knowledge and Perceptions of Bariatric Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Cureus · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Psychological Intervention for Internalized Health-Related Stigma Among Adults With Chronic Health Conditions: Preliminary Investigation.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Weight Stigma in the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Context: Current State of the Literature, Conceptual Model, and Looking Forward.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Health Disparities in Obesity Treatment Outcomes, Access, and Utilization.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Detecting and addressing eating disorders among individuals experiencing food insecurity: considerations for dietetic practice.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- "If I can accept my queerness, I can accept my body as it is": Understanding weight-related perspectives and stigma from sexual minority women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewTo highlight recent evidence of the impact of weight bias and stigma on healthcare access and utilization. RECENT
findingsHealthcare access for patients with obesity is limited by weight-discriminatory policies such as body mass index cutoffs and weight loss requirements. These policies are based on flawed justifications without demonstrated medical benefits. Healthcare providers continue to hold negative views of patients with obesity, but recent evidence does not suggest that providers' weight-stigmatizing attitudes affect obesity treatment referrals. With the rise of new anti-obesity medications, more research is needed to understand how weight stigma may or may not affect providers' prescribing behavior and patients' access to this form of treatment. Experienced, anticipated, and internalized weight stigma is associated with patients' avoidance of healthcare and reduced utilization. Weight bias and stigma limit healthcare access and utilization. Structural changes are needed to remove weight-discriminatory barriers to care.
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